Sorry - didn't reply all. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Adam Hill" <[email protected]> Date: 26 Nov 2010 19:44 Subject: Re: [Sony-vaio-z-series] Ubuntu 10.10 working on my Vaio Z with Adam's kernel To: "mbiggs" <[email protected]>
Just because the NVidia card is showing does not mean that it's powered up - the vaios dynamic switching works that way. Try echoing "speed" to /sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/speed_stamina ( may be the wrong path - I'm not near my laptop at the mo ) and see if power consumption goes up. Adam On 26 Nov 2010 16:34, "mbiggs" <[email protected]> wrote: > I boot into any of Adam's kernels (including the new 2.6.37-6-vaioz), with > the switch set to Stamina, and lspci still shows the nvidia card, and even > with laptop-tools all setup I'm still using around 22W (according to > powertop). So I suppose the nvidia card is still activated? How do I > switch it off? > > Thanks! > > __ > mbiggs > > > On Fri, 26 Nov 2010, Ricardo Ferreira wrote: >> You can see which one (or if both) is activated with lspci. >> >> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Giovanni Funchal <[email protected] >wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've just installed ubuntu 10.10 on my sony vaio z12 and just wanted >>> to thank Adam et al for this wonderful piece of work. Thanks! >>> >>> Live CD worked but graphics were all messed up and touchpad too. After >>> install the X server would not launch and I couldn't do CTRL+ALT+F1. >>> After reboot, I added "nomodeset" to grub and downloaded Adam's >>> 2.6.26-0 kernel+headers from www.voip-x.co.uk/files/adam. I also >>> activated the proprietary nvidia driver. Reboot again and everything >>> works. Touchpad, Fn keys and graphics, except the dynamic switch. >>> >>> How can I know if it is the Intel or NVidia card (or both) that is powered >>> on? >>> >>> -- Giovanni >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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